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Surgeon General's Office,
Washington, D. C. [begin handwritten text] Dec 8th [end handwritten text] 186 [begin handwritten text] 4 [end handwritten text]

Sir:

No Report of Sick and Wounded has been received from [begin handwritten text] The 1st Del Cav [end handwritten text] for the month of [begin handwritten text] May [end handwritten text] 186 [begin handwritten text] 4 [end handwritten text].  You are hereby directed to have this Report made out at once, and to forward it without delay, through the Medical Director.

Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant, 
[stamped] BY ORDER OF THE SURGEON GENERAL:
JJ WOODWARD
Ass't Surgeon, U. S. Army.

To [begin handwritten text] Surgeon in charge [end handwritten text]

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M.P.O. M.M. Div.
Harp. Ferry Va.
Dec. 21st 64.

Respectfully returned
to Asst. Surg. McKee.
You are in charge
 of the Regt. & 
business of the Med.
Dept. of it & it is
your solace to report
to Dr. Woodward
that the record 
was lost & hence
you cannot make
the report. State
when & how the 
loss occured
J. Hayes Shields
Surg & [illegible]
Med. Pur

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